“You can follow someone on Twitter, friend them on Facebook, quote or be quoted by them in a newspaper article, but until you taste their bread, you don’t really know them.” — David Carr (via rubenfeld)
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Scientists believe that this is the animal from which everything else evolved. The first multicellular being that spawned every living being in this world through billions of mutations, from fish to amphibians to reptiles to birds to mammals to you. It’s an amazing discovery. Its name is Otavia antiqua, and it is the oldest animal ever discovered: 760 million years old. Scientists claim that it used to chill out in calm, nice, shallow waters, chewing on algae and bacteria through its pores and into its little tube body.
Read: You Come From This Thing: The Oldest Animal Ever Discovered - Gizmodo
43% Say Random Choices From Phone Book Better Than Current Congress -
With positive ratings for Congress at an all-time low, it may come as no surprise that a plurality of voters nationwide believes a group of people randomly selected from a telephone book would do a better job than the current legislators.
h/t @ThinkProgress
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A hash tag we can get behind: #JournoSpeak
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Sixty-five percent of liberal Democrats told the researchers that they’d had one-night stands as opposed to 49 percent of Republicans. However, while Dems didn’t seem to take issue with one-time sexual encounters, a large proportion of Republicans were against them completely.
Among other sexual no-no’s of the right-wing the survey found include sex before marriage, friends with benefits and having sex on the first date.Match.com Single In America Study: 11 Secrets Of Singles’ Sex, Dating And Politics
Demonstrating: The EXTREME marshmallow cannon!
(Pro tip: Want to be invited to the White House? Be a 14 year old who clearly designed the best invention ever).
This is going on a stamp, right? This is the best picture of anything.
The Ninth Circuit court of appeals on Tuesday declared California’s Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage in the state, unconstitutional. The decision sets up what is almost certain to be a Supreme Court ruling on the matter. Of course California isn’t the only state wrestling with the issue of marriage equality. Here’s a look at where things stand across the country.
It’s important to note that today’s filing was an opinion, not an order. An order is needed to lift a stay that is currently preventing same-sex couples from marrying in California; as it stands now, county clerk offices are still not issuing marriage licenses to those couples.
“My favorite line of Mrs. Obama is when a journalist asked her if she thought her skirts were not too tight and she answered, ‘Why you don’t like my big black ass?’ This is a line I admire.” —
Fashion “genius” KARL LAGERFELD, in the pages of Metro, which includes this statement from FLOTUS’s spokeswoman: “Mrs. Obama never made that statement.”
Oh, so he’s not only a fashion genius — he’s a racist, too.
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“To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.” —
Alen Cohen
Mariko says some things that make me roll my eyes at yoga, but this one stuck with me all through class.
(via mar-see-ah)“12345” — The password Syrian President Bashar Assad apparently had for some of his email accounts, which were hacked by Anonymous. (via villagevoice)
The World of Charles Dickens, Complete With Pizza Hut - NYTimes
Here’s the breakdown of what you need to know:
Today’s ruling: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 vote that Prop 8 is not constitutional. This affirms Judge Vaughn Walker’s earlier ruling that Prop. 8 violated the U.S. Constitution by denying rights to a certain group of people.
“Although the Constitution permits communities to enact most laws they believe to be desirable, it requires that there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently,” the justices wrote in the decision. “There is no such reason that Prop 8 could have been enacted.”
What’s next: Expect an appeal from the opposition shortly. The case will either go to the full 9th Circuit (only 3 ruled Tuesday), or it will head directly to the Supreme Court on appeal. The Supreme Court would look at the case, at the earliest, next term, if they even decide to take the case.
Does this mean same-sex can now marry in California: No. A stay is likely to be put on marriages. In addition, an appeal would prevent marriage from occurring.
Help ‘splainer, thanks ruthoutspoken.
“You know, the Redskins suck. I’m tired of watching everyone else in the Super Bowl. Ain’t been right since they left D.C.”
He went on to write “It’s time for our team to come home where they belong.”
He also wrote - In all caps - DAN SYNDER SUCKS.”
— Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry took to Twitter while watching the Super Bowl.